After Thursday’s loss to the Toronto Raptors, the Philadelphia 76ers will finish the regular season 1-3 against the team north of the border. It was a game they led by as much as 15, but one that further exposed the Raptors as a matchup the Sixers may want to avoid in the postseason.
Unfortunately for Philly, the result of Thursday’s game makes a Raptors-Sixers first-round series that much closer to a reality. Toronto is just a game away from locking up the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference, and though a single game separates the Sixers from second place, they’re currently holding down the fourth seed.
